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oh yeah. that's right. i already made fun of that. i guess i blocked it out of my head.

stupid winnick.

but i look forward to the batman robin series. the fact is that morrison's pre-RIP batman was really really good. and RIP wasn't terrible, though not nearly up to the quality of the lead up stories.

but quitely has certainly brought out the best in him. so my hopes are actually up.

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During the Black Mask breakout, who was the red shirt between Croc and Great White?

[OpTard]

not sure.

here's my question. how old is damien supposed to be? using the batmobile to pick up girls? i always thought he was younger than that. like 11. even if that girl is only 15, i don't think even promises of the batmobile is gonna get her to go with an 11 year old. if the 11 year old even gives a shit about girls.

could he realistically be any older than that? what, did bruce impregnate talia on his 2nd day as batman? come on.

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11-12 was my guess during Batman & Son, especially with his jealous "He is NOT your son" type reactions. I could, if I wanted, give them him being a little accelerated and being more interested in girls than our typical boys that age, what with his background, but it still doesn't exactly hold that the girl would reciprocate. Nor that Oracle would a) say his name in front of her & II) just let her out of the car. Aren't there some secrets that need keeping?

[OpTard]

well it's not like damien is some well known person. there's probably no record of his existence here in the united states. i don't really think some teenage slut knowing that some kid named damien has access to the batmobile is gonna give away any secret identities.

[Stu]

It's been implied, but not outright confirmed I think, that Damien's growth has been accelerated artificially. When he was injured in the explosion at the end of Batman and Son, the follow up arc showed Talia getting him some replacement organs. I'm more curious about why he seems to be living in Gotham now, under Dick's care.

I was wondering about that too bd. Possibly just a random character made up for the scene.
What did you all make of the issue anyway? Thought it was a pretty good, though maybe I expect it to be crammed more with action, so the talky and detective bits were a bit surprising. I suppose it's hard for me to judge the pacing with it being a 3-issue thing, with one shot tie-ins. It's a bit irritating how Tim didn't immediately just come to the conclusion that "I Am Batman" is Jason, though maybe we've got a twist coming and he isn't. I'm wondering though if

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Black Mask is really that though, and not the Black Glove or someone else just causing more chaos

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i thought it was ok. it seems like alot of story for 3 issues. not that i think tony danial is a bad writer (i really have no opinion of his writing as this is the first thing i've seen him write) but think maybe they should've gotten a more experienced writer to handle that kind of challenge.

[Stu]

Morrison talks Batman and Robin
Between the cover and the description of Batman and Robin's dynamic, it's kinda obvious who they both are, isn't it?

[Batman]

I assume you mean that you think it's going to be Dick and Damian?

Honestly, that's who I would have guessed would end up with it in any case. But, we'll see. Could be a red herring.

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obviously alfred is batman and barbera is robin.

way to give it all away, morrison!

[Stu]

Solicitations for the new Bat-Titles:
www.newsarama.com/comics/090323-dc-june-2009-solicitations.html
Two of them have the new co-features DC comics are giving characters without their own books. Detective and Streets are getting Question and Manhunter respectively.

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WOOOO QUESTION! WOOOO!

[Stu]

ruckawriter.livejournal.com/69842.html#cutid1
Cool.

[Stu]

So I'm happy with who we have as the new Batman (although at the end it seemed like they were saying the reader was the new one ;D).

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they really should've gotten a better writer for this. the outcome was a given and the ride was incredibly underwelming.